ICIQ

ICIQ-UIqol Module

Module Title	ICIQ-UIqol
Full Name of Module	ICIQ- Urinary Incontinence Symptoms Quality of Life
Purpose of module	The ICIQ-UIqol is a patient-completed questionnaire for evaluating quality of life (QoL) in patients with urinary incontinence, for use in research and clinical practice. The ICIQ-UIqol provides a detailed and robust measure to assess the impact of urinary incontinence on quality of life with particular reference to emotions and feelings . It is an ideal research tool as it explores in detail the impact on patients’ lives of urinary incontinence and can be used as an outcome measure to assess impact of different treatment modalities.
Derivation of module	I-QOL
Intended Population	Adult males and females
Number of items	22
Question items	Worry about urgency Worry about stress incontinence Careful standing up because incontinence Toilet location Depressed House restriction Frustration due to activity restriction Smell detection by others Incontinence on mind Frequency Plan activities	Worry about effects of ageing Inadequate sleep Embarrassment/humiliation Feel unhealthy Helpless Reduced life enjoyment Worry about actual incontinence event No control over bladder Fluid restriction Clothing restriction Sexual activities
Lanuage versions available	Afrikaans Australian-English Brazilian-Portuguese Canadian-English Danish Dutch Dutch for Belgium Finnish French French Canadian German Greek Hebrew Italian	Japanese Korean Mandarin for Tawain New Zealand-English Norwegian Polish Slovak South African-English Spanish Spanish for US Swedish UK-English US-English
Associated publications	Wagner, T.H., Patrick, D.L., Bavendam, T.G., Martin, M.L., Buesching, D.P. Quality of life of persons with urinary incontinence: development of a new measure. Urology. 1996; 47(1): 67-71
Level of validation according to ICI grades of recommendation	Grade A Validity, reliability and responsiveness established with rigour in several data sets
Scoring system	22-110 overall score with lower values indicating increased impact on quality of life
Suggested modules to use in conjuction	ICIQ-UI Short Form - Brief urinary incontinence assessment module ICIQ-MLUTSsex ; ICIQ-FLUTSsex - Gender-specific sexual matters modules
completion time	5 minutes
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